How to pronounce “wet”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
• Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
• Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
• Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
• Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
• Of weather or a time period: rainy.
• (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
• (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
• (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
• (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
• (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
• (slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
• (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
• (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
• (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
• (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
• (dated or obsolete, colloquial) Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.
• With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
• [Noun]
• Liquid or moisture.
• Rainy weather.
• (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
• (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
• (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
• (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
• (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
• (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
• Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
• (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
• (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
• (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
• (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
• (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
• Misspelling of whet.

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